EH 0300 - Environmental Geology

Spring (O) 3 Credit Hours
An introduction to our relationship to the earth’s environment. The limitations of natural resources and discussion of consequences of the exploitation of natural resources are considered along with the demands of humanity upon the environment. Overview of natural environmental hazards, including volcanoes, earthquakes, subsidence landslides, floods, and asteroid impacts. Prerequisite: Five credit hours in physical science, physics and/or chemistry. Cross-listed as GEOL 0300.